Original, Brash and Scary!

Rating: 9/10 (25 July 2007)

A movie in two acts. After a pulsating prologue of a break in at an animal test laboratory, all goes quiet after the deafening crashing against metallic cages by chimps-this sound is relentless and cuts to the quick. After the simplistic title fades into view (and fades out...) we meet the protagonist, Jim (played with shocked bemusement by Cillian Murphy) who wakes up in a deserted hospital bed in London (28 Days Later). This is where we witness film making at it's best as Jim walks around a completely 'empty' London and sees various clues as to what's happened over the last month. As a member of the audience, one begins to imagine the calamity and horror that mainland Britain was subjected to. Jim sees clues on notable landmarks(Picadilly Circus)of letters of bereavement which were very similar to those in New York back in Sept'2001.
Jim meets with fellow survivors and gets to grips with what's happened and what to do. The second act is just as powerful as the survivors head North to meet a deranged army unit. Is this their salvation?
Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland cook up a film treat that is so much more than a shock horror film-it's deeper, witty, horrific and strangely realistic. Released a year after the very real horror that was the attack on America on 9/11 and faced with political paranoia of the end is nigh, if watched in a surround sound situation in a multiplex, this must have seemed downright unforgettable. A superb movie to watch for horror buffs and enthusiasts of quality British cinema-awesome!